build - Getting TFS to put the changeset in the assembly version

Question

I have got a Team Foundation Server Build running cleanly. It produces several assemblies and I would like the assemblies versions to have the last number to be the changset number. That is, if I commit with a changeset11667 for example the assembly version number should be "x.y.z.11667". I've checked the availible macros, but none is the changeset number.

I would still like to be able to build the solution file on my dev machine as normal, just using the checked in version number.

How would I go about getting this in place?

Answer 1

Realize that this will stop working once you exceed 65,535 changesets. Perhaps you want to update some other field. BTW, yes, build engineering is engineering. Pointing at a solution and telling it to build is only the beginning of the journey.